Detection and identification of Bartonella sp. in fleas from carnivorous mammals in Andalusia, Spain

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 393-398

  Marquez F J ^a   Millan J ^b   Rodriguez Liebana J J ^a   Garcia Egea I ^a   Muniain, M A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Andalusia; Bartonella; Carnivora; Fleas; Pulicidae; Spain; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

CANID; CARNIVORE; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE VECTOR; FELID; FLEA; HEALTH RISK; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PARASITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLOSIS; CARNIVORA; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE CARRIER; FLEA; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARNIVORA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FLEAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPAIN;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA ALSATICA; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA SP.; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CARNIVORA; CTENOCEPHALIDES; CTENOCEPHALIDES CANIS; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; FELIS SILVESTRIS; GENETTA GENETTA; LYNX; LYNX LYNX; LYNX PARDINUS; MAMMALIA; MELES MELES; PULEX IRRITANS; PULICIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); SPILOPSYLLUS CUNICULI; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 70450278935     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2009.00830.x     Document Type: Article

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